Acts 18:27

And when Apollos wanted to cross over to Achaia, the brothers wrote to the disciples, encouraging them to receive him. When he arrived, he was a great help to those who had become believers through grace,

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace:

In Context

26He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Aquila and Priscilla heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God in greater detail.

28for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, showing by the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.

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Cross References

John 1:12But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,

Acts 18:18After staying in Corinth for many more days, Paul took leave of the brothers and set sail for Syria, and Priscilla and Aquila were with him. (Now he had shaved his head in Cenchreae because he was under a vow.)

Romans 1:5through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the Gentiles,

1 Corinthians 3:6I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.

1 Corinthians 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

Matthew Henry on Acts 18:25-28

The Character of Apollos. 24 And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. 25 This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John. 26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly. 27 And when he was disposed… Read the whole commentary →

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